Russian cargo ship sinks in the Mediterranean after engine room blast,...
MADRID (AP) — A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing, Spain's maritime rescue agency and the Russian Foreign Ministry said...
View ArticleFrance has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate...
PARIS (AP) — France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part. Crushing debt, intensifying pressure from the nationalist...
View ArticleThe pope is kicking off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday opens the 2025 Holy Year, kicking off a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and test the pope's...
View ArticleA Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, the country's online...
View ArticleTurkey's soaring costs are creating a 'lost generation' of kids forced to...
ISTANBUL (AP) — In a dim one-room apartment in one of Istanbul’s poorest neighborhoods, 11-year-old Atakan Sahin curls up on a threadbare sofa with his siblings to watch TV while their mother stirs a...
View ArticleThe organizer of a Christmas fair in southern Mexico is assassinated at his...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The organizer of a Christmas fair in southern Mexico was assassinated at his city’s holiday event, authorities said late Tuesday. The governor of the southern state of Guerrero said...
View ArticleIsrael and Hamas accuse each other of complicating ceasefire efforts as they...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts on Wednesday, as the two sides inch closer to a deal that could wind down the 14-month war in Gaza. The two sides...
View ArticleChina and Japan agree to talks on security issues as they seek to mend ties
BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan agreed Wednesday to set up talks on often contentious security issues as they seek to improve a relationship riven in recent years by a range of issues, from territorial...
View ArticleDesi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of...
View ArticlePope urges 'all people of all nations' to silence arms and overcome divisions...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome...
View ArticleAzerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors,...
An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat...
View ArticleMore than 10,000 migrants died this year trying to reach Spain by sea, aid...
MADRID (AP) — More than 10,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea this year, a report released by a Spanish migration rights group said on Thursday. On average, that means 30 migrants...
View ArticleGreek police warn drivers to use snow chains after long traffic jams reported...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek traffic police were warning drivers in areas with ice and snow to use snow chains, after long traffic jams were reported near some ski resorts because of cars becoming...
View ArticleWhat is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 38 of 67 people...
An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in Kazakhstan after being diverted, killing 38 of 67 people on board. Some experts alleged that the plane went down after being hit by Russian air defense systems....
View ArticlePrayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of...
View ArticlePope brings Holy Year and prayers for better future to Rome prison, a...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century...
View Article6,000 inmates escape from a high-security prison in Mozambique amid...
MAPUTO, Mozambique. (AP) — At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country's police chief said, as widespread...
View ArticleUkraine's military intelligence says North Korean troops are suffering heavy...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport as Israeli bombs...
A wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's main airport Thursday just as the World Health Organization’s director-general said he was about to board a flight there. One of the U.N. plane’s crew was...
View ArticleIndia's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, architect of economic reforms,...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was...
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